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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself

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Like if Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer were your camp counselor. he/it. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✝️🕉️ 🔥 Coal of Fire 🔥 comes out 11/1 from Past-Itch Press: lulu.com/spotlight/pastitch

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 19d

Some ~personal news:~

My first chapbook with Pastitch Press is coming in November! “Coal of Fire” includes translations from the Hebrew Bible, as well as poems and two essays exploring translation, identity, and the sacred.

I’m so excited and proud of this little book.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 1h

Gotcha!

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 1h

No one understands how the diaconate works, it’s part of the charism

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah that’s fair.

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2h

Historically, it tends to come down to questions of how god acts in the world and how human authority should be structured. In other words: is the Mass magic, and do we fuck around with bishops

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2h

Truly I’m just being a pedant to distract myself from The Horrors

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 2h

Clergy titles are a lot! Anglicans, like Catholics, use “priest” to denote a leadership role in liturgical life. “Pastor,” meaning “shepherd,” denotes a leadership role in community care. Presbyterian clergy are often called “Elder” (which is what “Presbyter” means).

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 3h

Anglican clergy are priests.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 13h

gonna go out on a public scholarship limb here and say the catholic church will survive a liberal pope.

it’s survived a lot worse, i promise.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 13h

Double breasted is the way to go

I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 13h

Yessss

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 19h

although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth

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Isaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 20h

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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june $2118/$3900 @juneever.green · 1d

hey so Wilson is a cult leader and his church in Moscow, Idaho has worked really hard to bury rampant sexual abuse

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 1d

Doug Wilson co-authored a (plagiarized) book that defended the institution of slavery *as it was practiced in the antebellum South*. This is how Douthat introduced the subject while providing him with the NYT's platform:

Douthat: So, just to take a related example, one of the controversies of many that you’ve been mixed up in has to do with slavery, and whether slavery is absolutely forbidden by the Bible, absolutely forbidden to Christians, or whether it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: And you think it is critiqued, but allowed for.

Wilson: Right.

Douthat: On this, on a straightforward reading of the New Testament, I would agree with you. I would say, pretty clearly, there is a pretty clear path from the message of the Bible to the abolition of slavery. But there is no moment in the New Testament when Jesus insists on the manumission of slaves.

Wilson: Right.

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opera trinitatis ad extra indivisa sunt @mtrkdjoyce.bsky.social · 1d

“This fence is probably just here for looks I bet”

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opera trinitatis ad extra indivisa sunt @mtrkdjoyce.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder why air traffic controllers might have such strong protections around their ability to call out sick

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

* U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY DUFFY SAYS FAA COULD DISMISS TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WHO REPEATEDLY FAIL TO SHOW UP FOR WORK -- FOX NEWS INTERVIEW

@reuters.com $XAL

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 1d

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.

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I prefer the term Artificial Person myself @maddavenport.bsky.social · 23h

Sed contra: this is objectively the best couples costume

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 1d

We spent months observing couples in Bridgeport, combing through paper marriage records and talking to officials and experts.

We found that in May, almost 40% of Bridgeport marriages were between an immigrant and a U.S. citizen who both traveled from out of state. www.ctinsider.com/news/article...

Why couples traveling to Connecticut to wed are raising questions about sham marriages

A CT Insider investigation has found that Bridgeport has become a destination for quick marriages between immigrants and U.S. citizens, with couples traveling from out of state to wed.

www.ctinsider.com

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 1d

Today, CT Insider published an investigation I worked on for months with my colleagues @brigurciullo.bsky.social and @blockhartreporter.bsky.social.

It’s a complicated story, so I wanted to break down what we found and why it’s important. 🧵 www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

Why couples traveling to Connecticut to wed are raising questions about sham marriages

A CT Insider investigation has found that Bridgeport has become a destination for quick marriages between immigrants and U.S. citizens, with couples traveling from out of state to wed.

www.ctinsider.com

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 1d

today's earworm:
🎶if you're proud of what you're doing, show your face🎶

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 1d

the church is being torn from their loved ones by masked thugs, driven off in unmarked vans and never heard from again. pope leo could not be more focused on the church.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried.

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A story headlined, Trump builds case for deploying National Guard to Chicago, Portland The president said he would pursue designating antifa a "foreign terrorist organization" and called for Democratic officials in Chicago to be jailed.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday looked to bolster his public case for deploying the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, cities where he claims Democrat politicians have failed to protect journalists and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from people whom he sees as left-wing domestic terrorists.

Trump said during a televised meeting at the White House that he would pursue designating antifa as a “foreign terrorist organization” — a label that would allow for key financial and legal penalties because foreign entities are not protected by the First Amendment. Proponents of antifa — a political protest movement composed of unaffiliated groups — militantly oppose fascism, right-wing ideologies and are often anti-capitalist or anti-state.

Trump also repeated a call he had made earlier in the day for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats, to be jailed, accusing them without evidence of “failing to protect” ICE officers who have been sent to the city.

His statements and other remarks given by top aides during a 2½-hour event laid out a legal and moral case for the administration’s push to send National Guard troops into U.S. cities. Designated foreign terrorist groups can face financial sanctions imposed by the Treasury Department. The Justice Department can prosecute supporters under enhanced charges of providing “material support” to a terrorist group.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

Protect your neighbors, especially your unhoused neighbors. Fascists target those on the margins first, hoping people will allow widespread prejudice against poor, racialized, and disabled people to help normalize their violence. Don't give them an inch. Fuck ICE.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

chicagoreader.com

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